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Fire weather : the making of a beast / by Vaillant, John,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires--and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes"--
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Forest fires; Forest fires; Wildfires;
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Living without shame : a support book for mothers with addicted children : 52 activities to help you feel, heal, and grow / by Theodosiou, Barbara,1959-author.;
"Living Without Shame is the follow-up support book to Barbara Theodosiou's family account of addiction, Without Shame. Having lost her son Daniel to addiction, she founded The Addict's Mom online community, anchored in the principle of healing, to process, grieve, and move forward from addition without shame. This interactive mindfulness journal for moms includes fifty-two weekly activities to help any mother focus on her own healing journey"--
Subjects: Drug addicts; Parents of drug addicts; Mindfulness (Psychology);
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Waterloo : the history of four days, three armies and three battles / by Cornwell, Bernard,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In his first work of non-fiction, Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting account of every dramatic moment of the Battle of Waterloo, from Napoleon's escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the battlefields. Through letters and diaries he also sheds new light on the private thoughts of Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington, as well as the ordinary officers and soldiers.
Subjects: Armies; Europe; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.;
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The everything war : Amazon's ruthless quest to own the world and remake corporate power / by Mattioli, Dana,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'The Everything War' is the shocking untold exposé of Amazon's endless strategic greed, from destroying Main Street to remaking corporate power, in pursuit of total domination, by any means necessary. It will become the defining account of how Amazon became the 21st century Standard Oil, and explains what led to the U.S. government, and nations around the world, to charge the tech giant with one of the biggest antitrust cases in modern history.
Subjects: Amazon.com (Firm); Antitrust law; Avarice.; Corporate power.; Monopolies.;
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Rocket Dreams : Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race. by Davenport, Christian.;
'Rocket Dreams' is a riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of the New Space Age, chronicling Elon Musks dominant SpaceX, Jeff Bezos resurgent Blue Origin, and the high-stakes, grit-fueled global battle to push humankind further into the cosmos. Christian Davenport is a recipient of an Emmy award for his work on the Discovery and Science Channels covering SpaceXs first human spaceflight mission. From the author of 'The Space Barons'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History; SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics;
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Dinosaur therapy / by Stewart, James,author.; Roméy, K.,illustrator.;
"A comic about dinosaurs navigating the complexities of life, together, including exclusive, never-seen-before, bonus comics. A wistful, honest and highly relatable account of modern life. Dinosaur Therapy is a book of cartoons for grown-ups from the very successful web comic @dinosandcomics. In each comic, dinosaur characters grapple with questions around the meaning of life and mental health, trying to make sense of the world and cope with their own place in it."
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Humorous comics.; Mental health; Dinosaurs;
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Reaching Mithymna : among the volunteers and refugees on Lesvos / by Heighton, Steven,1961-author.;
"A poet's firsthand account of a month volunteering on the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis. In the fall of 2015, Steven Heighton made an overnight decision to travel to the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece and enlist as a volunteer. He arrived on the isle of Lesvos with a duffel bag and a dubious grasp of Greek, his mother's native tongue, and worked on the landing beaches and in OXY--a jerrybuilt, ad hoc transit camp providing simple meals, dry clothes, and a brief rest to refugees after their crossing from Turkey. In a town deserted by the tourists that had been its lifeblood, Heighton--alongside the exhausted locals and under-equipped international aid workers--found himself thrown into emergency roles for which he was woefully unqualified. From the brief reprieves of volunteer-refugee soccer matches to the riots of Camp Moria, Reaching Mithymna is a firsthand account of the crisis and an engaged exploration of the borders that divide us and the ties that bind"--
Subjects: Heighton, Steven, 1961-; Refugee camps; Refugees; Volunteer workers in social service;
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No friend but the mountains : writing from Manus Prison / by Boochani, Behrouz,author.; Tofighian, Omid,translator.;
"In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through five years of incarceration and exile."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Boochani, Behrouz.; Refugees, Kurdish; Iranians; Illegal aliens; Journalists; Alien detention centers;
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What WE lost : inside the attack on Canada's largest children's charity / by Rangwala, Tawfiq S.,author.; Campbell, Kim,1947-writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In this book, former WE board member and lawyer Tawfiq Rangwala unpacks the evidence and provides the critical context around the headline-grabbing controversies that have shaped the narrative. Drawing on the factual record, his personal experiences inside the organization, and extensive interviews with supporters and critics, Rangwala cuts through the fog and explains what really happened, why it happened, and who should be held to account. Rangwala grew up in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Kielburger, Craig.; Kielburger, Marc.; WE (Charity); Charity organization; Scandals;
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Little sister : my investigation into the mysterious death of Natalie Wood / by Wood, Lana,1946-author.; Harrison, Lindsay,author.;
In this true crime memoir, Lana Wood offers a no-holds-barred account of the life and death of her sister, Natalie Wood, including exclusive new information from people directly involved in the investigation. Clearing up the myths and misconceptions behind her sisters death, the legendary Hollywood actress reveals the secrets shes been holding onto for decades, and in doing so, sets the record straight on one of Hollywoods most notorious celebrity deaths.
Subjects: Wood, Natalie; Wood, Natalie.; Drowning victims; Motion picture actors and actresses;
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